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Friday, December 11, 2015
Volume CXXII, Issue 10
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Adamo wins 'Professor of the year'—has day
named after him
Carter Williams, Editor-in-Chief
On Nov. 19, Minneapolis
Mayor, Betsy Hodges, declared
the date "Dr. Phillip C. Adamo
Day" in the city of Minneapolis
in light of the associate history
professor and Honors Program
Director being awarded the
Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching and
the Council for Advancement
in Education's 2015 Minnesota
Professor of the Year Award.
Adamo is a history professor
who specializes in Medieval
studies and who also took over
for Communications Professor
Bob Groven as the Honors
Program Director after the last
academic year. He was selected
from over 300 candidates for
the award, but says he does
not know exactly how he was
selected.
"I have no idea," said Adamo,
speaking on what set him
apart from the other 300+
candidates. "I met many of the
other awardees, and they were
without exception open and
generous people, not to mention
interesting and interested in
others.
"I can only imagine that
they are that way with their
students... I like experiential
learning and have focused on
that in my teaching. I suppose
I put my own spin on things,
and I think that teaching and
learning should be fun. What
made me a candidate? I have no
idea."
Adamo has been a part of
Augsburg's history department
since 2001. In that time, he
has won multiple awards
such as Augsburg's Award for
Distinguished Contributions,
the CARA Award for
Excellence in Teaching from the
Medieval Academy of America
and many others.
Adamo says an award like
this is a humbling experience
"especially when I reflect on
the competition, and the many
colleagues I have at Augsburg
who are awesome teachers," he
said.
Adamo did not always see
himself becoming a college
professor. He did not even
attend college until he was
29, and says he just wanted to
stay forever once he started.
"When I finally went to college,
at 29 years old, I couldn't
stop. I didn't really want to
be a professor, but I just loved
school. Once I discovered you
could do this for a living, all
was lost."
Adamo says he would
describe his teaching style as "a
performance." He says he loves
teaching through story-telling
and acting things out, rather
than reading from a textbook.
He says he is motivated in the
classroom by finding a way to
connect with every student and
contribute to their success.
"It would be boring, even to
me, to just do that one thing,"
Adamo said. "Plus I know from
experience and from reading a
lot about teaching and learning
that students learn in all sorts
of different ways. I also don't
just want to create a classroom
setting where students are
always just sitting passively
listening to me.
"Especially in history, though
in all disciplines, learning takes
place most effectively when the
students are doing something.
So I guess what motivates me is
the challenge to figure out how
each individual student learns,
and to try to help that happen."
Adamo says that he likes
working at a place like
Augsburg because of the
opportunity to take risks. He
said he could not see himself
being able to do some of the
things he has done at Augsburg
at a larger university. "For me,
a larger university means larger
aggravation," Adamo said. "I
couldn't imagine doing a lot of
what I've done at a larger place.
Phil Adamo | Augsburg Public Relations
It would have been discouraged,
or worse, gone unnoticed. Of
course, there's aggravation here,
too, but like a family that one
comes to care about deeply,
every interaction with faculty,
staff and students deepens the
relationship."
Adamo is currently on
sabbatical, which is a time when
college professors go on leave
for a semester or two, typically
for research or to rejuvenate the
mind and spirit. But with him
taking over as Director of the
Honors Program, he says it has
not quite felt like sabbatical until
now, with his trip to Europe
that he left for last Saturday.
"I suppose what really feels
like 'sabbatical' is this trip
to Europe," Adamo said. "I
gave a paper at a medievalist
conference in Rome. I traveled
to Florence, which is one of
my favorite cities. I even went
to Augsburg, Germany, to try
to understand some of that
city's connection to Augsburg
College."
Green in 2019
Monica DeRee, Staff Writer
The Climate Action Plan
was submitted in September
2010 by the "Green by 2019"
task force. This outlines the
strategies for Augsburg's
Minneapolis campus to
become carbon neutral by
2019 which is the year of
Augsburg's sesquicentennial.
Augsburg College is
committed to reducing its
environmental impact and
carbon footprint as much
as possible by 2019, within
bounds of existing resources
and budgetary constraints.
The major categories of
sustainability activities
include waste reduction,
energy reduction,
transportation, community
and local food services,
conservations and
environmental design.
Below is a short outline of
each category and the plan of
action to reduce our carbon
footprint in each.
Waste reduction actions
include the recycling
program on campus,
composting all yard waste
and dining hall organic
waste through Allied Waste
and Hennepin County, as
well as elimination of trays
in the dining hall to reduce
water use and food waste.
Energy reduction actions
include use of the most
efficient fluorescent lights
available for all public areas
on campus and increased
use of compact fluorescent
lamps on campus in offices
and residences, energy
efficient washers and dryers
in all residence halls, and
electricity use reduction
contests in residences halls in
order to educate students on
energy conservation.
Transportation actions
involve a 50 percent discount
on all transit passes for all
faculty, staff and students,
HOURCAR hub location
on campus, and Nice Ride
Minnesota hubs.
Community and local food
services actions include the
community garden shared
by faculty, staff, A'viands
(campus food service
provider) and neighborhood
residents, Campus Kitchens
program that prepares food
for the elderly and poor using
food from campus that might
otherwise be discarded, and
increased use of local foods
by A'viands and increased
variety of vegetarian and
vegan meal options.
Low flow fixtures on most
sinks, showers and toilets
on campus, 20 percent post
consumer paper used in all
copiers and printers, and
use of "green" graduation
gowns, which means using
gowns made from recycled
materials and also reusing
gowns from year to year, are
all part of the conservation
action plan.
Environmental design
initiatives include native
plant rain gardens and
storm water collection
basins, plans for new LEED-
certified Center for Science,
Business and Religion which
will serve as a focal point
for the campus work on
sustainability, and reducing
salt use in order to reduce its
damage to the ground below.
These initiatives were
implemented as soon as
possible once this action
plan was submitted. As the
campus continued to work
towards
Green in 2019, the
commitment to reducing
our carbon footprint was
revisited by the Augsburg
College Board of Regents.
In January 2013, the board
launched a strategic vision
statement for Augsburg in
2019: In 2019, Augsburg
College will be a new kind
of student-centered urban
university- small to our
students and big for the
world.
In the strategic plan,
Green by 2019 was
reaffirmed and outlined by
the specific goal that as a
place-based institution—
in and anchored to the
communities we serve—
Augsburg College facilities
are welcoming, sustainable
and designed for educational
excellence enriched by
neighbors and partners.
Augsburg is now almost
three years away from our
sesquicentennial, and the
college continues to take
steps to improve our efforts
in this area. The college has
come a long way since 2010,
but it must keep looking to
the future and making the
necessary changes in order to
achieve the goal of Green by
2019.
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Friday, December 11, 2015
Volume CXXII, Issue 10
Minneapolis, Minnesota
t..>jjnii.iii.ii«i.ii»^.ifr.».iiJfJBWwi
Adamo wins 'Professor of the year'—has day
named after him
Carter Williams, Editor-in-Chief
On Nov. 19, Minneapolis
Mayor, Betsy Hodges, declared
the date "Dr. Phillip C. Adamo
Day" in the city of Minneapolis
in light of the associate history
professor and Honors Program
Director being awarded the
Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching and
the Council for Advancement
in Education's 2015 Minnesota
Professor of the Year Award.
Adamo is a history professor
who specializes in Medieval
studies and who also took over
for Communications Professor
Bob Groven as the Honors
Program Director after the last
academic year. He was selected
from over 300 candidates for
the award, but says he does
not know exactly how he was
selected.
"I have no idea," said Adamo,
speaking on what set him
apart from the other 300+
candidates. "I met many of the
other awardees, and they were
without exception open and
generous people, not to mention
interesting and interested in
others.
"I can only imagine that
they are that way with their
students... I like experiential
learning and have focused on
that in my teaching. I suppose
I put my own spin on things,
and I think that teaching and
learning should be fun. What
made me a candidate? I have no
idea."
Adamo has been a part of
Augsburg's history department
since 2001. In that time, he
has won multiple awards
such as Augsburg's Award for
Distinguished Contributions,
the CARA Award for
Excellence in Teaching from the
Medieval Academy of America
and many others.
Adamo says an award like
this is a humbling experience
"especially when I reflect on
the competition, and the many
colleagues I have at Augsburg
who are awesome teachers," he
said.
Adamo did not always see
himself becoming a college
professor. He did not even
attend college until he was
29, and says he just wanted to
stay forever once he started.
"When I finally went to college,
at 29 years old, I couldn't
stop. I didn't really want to
be a professor, but I just loved
school. Once I discovered you
could do this for a living, all
was lost."
Adamo says he would
describe his teaching style as "a
performance." He says he loves
teaching through story-telling
and acting things out, rather
than reading from a textbook.
He says he is motivated in the
classroom by finding a way to
connect with every student and
contribute to their success.
"It would be boring, even to
me, to just do that one thing,"
Adamo said. "Plus I know from
experience and from reading a
lot about teaching and learning
that students learn in all sorts
of different ways. I also don't
just want to create a classroom
setting where students are
always just sitting passively
listening to me.
"Especially in history, though
in all disciplines, learning takes
place most effectively when the
students are doing something.
So I guess what motivates me is
the challenge to figure out how
each individual student learns,
and to try to help that happen."
Adamo says that he likes
working at a place like
Augsburg because of the
opportunity to take risks. He
said he could not see himself
being able to do some of the
things he has done at Augsburg
at a larger university. "For me,
a larger university means larger
aggravation," Adamo said. "I
couldn't imagine doing a lot of
what I've done at a larger place.
Phil Adamo | Augsburg Public Relations
It would have been discouraged,
or worse, gone unnoticed. Of
course, there's aggravation here,
too, but like a family that one
comes to care about deeply,
every interaction with faculty,
staff and students deepens the
relationship."
Adamo is currently on
sabbatical, which is a time when
college professors go on leave
for a semester or two, typically
for research or to rejuvenate the
mind and spirit. But with him
taking over as Director of the
Honors Program, he says it has
not quite felt like sabbatical until
now, with his trip to Europe
that he left for last Saturday.
"I suppose what really feels
like 'sabbatical' is this trip
to Europe," Adamo said. "I
gave a paper at a medievalist
conference in Rome. I traveled
to Florence, which is one of
my favorite cities. I even went
to Augsburg, Germany, to try
to understand some of that
city's connection to Augsburg
College."
Green in 2019
Monica DeRee, Staff Writer
The Climate Action Plan
was submitted in September
2010 by the "Green by 2019"
task force. This outlines the
strategies for Augsburg's
Minneapolis campus to
become carbon neutral by
2019 which is the year of
Augsburg's sesquicentennial.
Augsburg College is
committed to reducing its
environmental impact and
carbon footprint as much
as possible by 2019, within
bounds of existing resources
and budgetary constraints.
The major categories of
sustainability activities
include waste reduction,
energy reduction,
transportation, community
and local food services,
conservations and
environmental design.
Below is a short outline of
each category and the plan of
action to reduce our carbon
footprint in each.
Waste reduction actions
include the recycling
program on campus,
composting all yard waste
and dining hall organic
waste through Allied Waste
and Hennepin County, as
well as elimination of trays
in the dining hall to reduce
water use and food waste.
Energy reduction actions
include use of the most
efficient fluorescent lights
available for all public areas
on campus and increased
use of compact fluorescent
lamps on campus in offices
and residences, energy
efficient washers and dryers
in all residence halls, and
electricity use reduction
contests in residences halls in
order to educate students on
energy conservation.
Transportation actions
involve a 50 percent discount
on all transit passes for all
faculty, staff and students,
HOURCAR hub location
on campus, and Nice Ride
Minnesota hubs.
Community and local food
services actions include the
community garden shared
by faculty, staff, A'viands
(campus food service
provider) and neighborhood
residents, Campus Kitchens
program that prepares food
for the elderly and poor using
food from campus that might
otherwise be discarded, and
increased use of local foods
by A'viands and increased
variety of vegetarian and
vegan meal options.
Low flow fixtures on most
sinks, showers and toilets
on campus, 20 percent post
consumer paper used in all
copiers and printers, and
use of "green" graduation
gowns, which means using
gowns made from recycled
materials and also reusing
gowns from year to year, are
all part of the conservation
action plan.
Environmental design
initiatives include native
plant rain gardens and
storm water collection
basins, plans for new LEED-
certified Center for Science,
Business and Religion which
will serve as a focal point
for the campus work on
sustainability, and reducing
salt use in order to reduce its
damage to the ground below.
These initiatives were
implemented as soon as
possible once this action
plan was submitted. As the
campus continued to work
towards
Green in 2019, the
commitment to reducing
our carbon footprint was
revisited by the Augsburg
College Board of Regents.
In January 2013, the board
launched a strategic vision
statement for Augsburg in
2019: In 2019, Augsburg
College will be a new kind
of student-centered urban
university- small to our
students and big for the
world.
In the strategic plan,
Green by 2019 was
reaffirmed and outlined by
the specific goal that as a
place-based institution—
in and anchored to the
communities we serve—
Augsburg College facilities
are welcoming, sustainable
and designed for educational
excellence enriched by
neighbors and partners.
Augsburg is now almost
three years away from our
sesquicentennial, and the
college continues to take
steps to improve our efforts
in this area. The college has
come a long way since 2010,
but it must keep looking to
the future and making the
necessary changes in order to
achieve the goal of Green by
2019.
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